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Title: Multiple DC, single AC converter with a switched DC transformer

Abstract

The invention is an improvement of the PASC inverter, wherein the improvements include the reduction from two shorting gates per transformer to one shorting gate per transformer and replacement of active control of the shorting gate with passive control of the shorting gate. Further advantages are obtained through the use of anti-parallel gate sets. 14 figs.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
489105
Patent Number(s):
5631820
Application Number:
PAN: 8-525,869
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 20 May 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; INVERTERS; DESIGN; TRANSFORMERS; CONTROL; POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS

Citation Formats

Donnelly, M K, and Hammerstrom, D J. Multiple DC, single AC converter with a switched DC transformer. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Donnelly, M K, & Hammerstrom, D J. Multiple DC, single AC converter with a switched DC transformer. United States.
Donnelly, M K, and Hammerstrom, D J. Tue . "Multiple DC, single AC converter with a switched DC transformer". United States.
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abstractNote = {The invention is an improvement of the PASC inverter, wherein the improvements include the reduction from two shorting gates per transformer to one shorting gate per transformer and replacement of active control of the shorting gate with passive control of the shorting gate. Further advantages are obtained through the use of anti-parallel gate sets. 14 figs.},
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